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As three-way peace talks between Ukraine, Russia and the US stall, freezing Ukrainians say they are struggling to feed their families while Putin’s relentless assault continues.
Russian forces began the year by ramping up their strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, plunging large swathes of the country into darkness.
Ukraine is suffering its coldest winter in more than a decade, and without power many of its people have been unable to cook meals while temperatures plummet as low as -26C.
open image in gallery World Central Kitchen staff hand out free soup in a Kyiv neighbourhood that has faced electricity and heating outages following recent Russian attacks (
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